diff --git a/srcpkgs/vlc/patches/vlc-1.1.7-libmatroska-1.1.0.patch b/srcpkgs/vlc/patches/vlc-1.1.7-libmatroska-1.1.0.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 41f6d656aa..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/vlc/patches/vlc-1.1.7-libmatroska-1.1.0.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-Fix build libmatroska-1.1.0, from Gentoo.
-
---- modules/demux/mkv/matroska_segment.cpp	2011-02-02 13:45:56.115863316 +0100
-+++ modules/demux/mkv/matroska_segment.cpp	2011-02-02 13:55:23.957416146 +0100
-@@ -220,74 +220,6 @@
-                     }
-                     ep->Up();
-                 }
--                else if( MKV_IS_ID( el, KaxTagGeneral ) )
--                {
--                    msg_Dbg( &sys.demuxer, "|   + General" );
--                    ep->Down();
--                    while( ( el = ep->Get() ) != NULL )
--                    {
--                        msg_Dbg( &sys.demuxer, "|   |   + Unknown (%s)", typeid( *el ).name() );
--                    }
--                    ep->Up();
--                }
--                else if( MKV_IS_ID( el, KaxTagGenres ) )
--                {
--                    msg_Dbg( &sys.demuxer, "|   + Genres" );
--                    ep->Down();
--                    while( ( el = ep->Get() ) != NULL )
--                    {
--                        msg_Dbg( &sys.demuxer, "|   |   + Unknown (%s)", typeid( *el ).name() );
--                    }
--                    ep->Up();
--                }
--                else if( MKV_IS_ID( el, KaxTagAudioSpecific ) )
--                {
--                    msg_Dbg( &sys.demuxer, "|   + Audio Specific" );
--                    ep->Down();
--                    while( ( el = ep->Get() ) != NULL )
--                    {
--                        msg_Dbg( &sys.demuxer, "|   |   + Unknown (%s)", typeid( *el ).name() );
--                    }
--                    ep->Up();
--                }
--                else if( MKV_IS_ID( el, KaxTagImageSpecific ) )
--                {
--                    msg_Dbg( &sys.demuxer, "|   + Images Specific" );
--                    ep->Down();
--                    while( ( el = ep->Get() ) != NULL )
--                    {
--                        msg_Dbg( &sys.demuxer, "|   |   + Unknown (%s)", typeid( *el ).name() );
--                    }
--                    ep->Up();
--                }
--                else if( MKV_IS_ID( el, KaxTagMultiComment ) )
--                {
--                    msg_Dbg( &sys.demuxer, "|   + Multi Comment" );
--                }
--                else if( MKV_IS_ID( el, KaxTagMultiCommercial ) )
--                {
--                    msg_Dbg( &sys.demuxer, "|   + Multi Commercial" );
--                }
--                else if( MKV_IS_ID( el, KaxTagMultiDate ) )
--                {
--                    msg_Dbg( &sys.demuxer, "|   + Multi Date" );
--                }
--                else if( MKV_IS_ID( el, KaxTagMultiEntity ) )
--                {
--                    msg_Dbg( &sys.demuxer, "|   + Multi Entity" );
--                }
--                else if( MKV_IS_ID( el, KaxTagMultiIdentifier ) )
--                {
--                    msg_Dbg( &sys.demuxer, "|   + Multi Identifier" );
--                }
--                else if( MKV_IS_ID( el, KaxTagMultiLegal ) )
--                {
--                    msg_Dbg( &sys.demuxer, "|   + Multi Legal" );
--                }
--                else if( MKV_IS_ID( el, KaxTagMultiTitle ) )
--                {
--                    msg_Dbg( &sys.demuxer, "|   + Multi Title" );
--                }
-                 else
-                 {
-                     msg_Dbg( &sys.demuxer, "|   + LoadTag Unknown (%s)", typeid( *el ).name() );
---- modules/demux/mkv/mkv.hpp	2011-02-02 13:45:56.114863318 +0100
-+++ modules/demux/mkv/mkv.hpp	2011-02-02 13:46:08.647832555 +0100
-@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
- #include "matroska/KaxSegment.h"
- #include "matroska/KaxTag.h"
- #include "matroska/KaxTags.h"
--#include "matroska/KaxTagMulti.h"
- #include "matroska/KaxTracks.h"
- #include "matroska/KaxTrackAudio.h"
- #include "matroska/KaxTrackVideo.h"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vlc/patches/vlc-1.1.7-libnotify-0.7.patch b/srcpkgs/vlc/patches/vlc-1.1.7-libnotify-0.7.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 93b62d8513..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/vlc/patches/vlc-1.1.7-libnotify-0.7.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- modules/misc/notify/notify.c.orig	2011-02-28 23:54:18.794722978 +0100
-+++ modules/misc/notify/notify.c	2011-02-28 23:54:49.425738093 +0100
-@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static int Notify( vlc_object_t *p_this,
-     }
- 
-     notification = notify_notification_new( _("Now Playing"),
--                                            psz_temp, NULL, NULL );
-+                                            psz_temp, NULL );
-     notify_notification_set_timeout( notification,
-                                 var_InheritInteger(p_this, "notify-timeout") );
-     notify_notification_set_urgency( notification, NOTIFY_URGENCY_LOW );
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vlc/template b/srcpkgs/vlc/template
index b2cb000db5..8bb8cb557f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vlc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vlc/template
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'vlc'
 pkgname=vlc
-version=1.1.7
-revision=3
+version=1.1.8
 distfiles="http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/$version/vlc-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--disable-gme --disable-libtar --enable-snapshot
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ configure_args="--disable-gme --disable-libtar --enable-snapshot
 --enable-dvdread --enable-flac --disable-gnomevfs"
 short_desc="VideoLan Client"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=28059ef17d0866c3d9d5808fb6bf56783f72486b1b80f7ea8f6106612db0c1d5
+checksum=fb1ff7ed861a67510cdf91e8f3c1d23687a0db3ede78bf2baf292417aedabfb4
 long_desc="
  VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player supporting most
  audio and video formats (H.264, Ogg, DivX, MKV, TS, MPEG-2, mp3, MPEG-4,